, yiCKEEx:^ f Oplpber 2, 1888. J The drooping hopes of the careworn "cockies" have again been revived by the welcome fall of rain which we have had; here, $nd which basagain been the. salvation of the crops. The - past two months have been enough to distfgct many of the. tillers of the soil altogether, for the appearance of a change b8S come so often and passed away again, that they had giv@n up all hope. With seasonable rains, froweyev, we may yet expect to reap a fair epop, that is considering the weather, bnt n|> amount of rain will make .9 bay crop, Although ip some favored spots a fairly good cat may- be expected, la the northern part of tfae district the crops have nob suffered much, only the dry weather las almost stopped their groifth; in the southern end of the Hnndred affaiik look more gloomy, and some will do yiry well itthey reap a bag to the sere, or feven less.

CORPORATION. Kabina, Monday, October 8,1888. Present-The Mayor (Mr T. M. Ren dell, J.P.), Crs. Potter,Dana, Pengelley, Tonkin, Bleafcley, Styles, and the Town Clerk. " MAYOR'S - BEPORT. The MATOB reported that since last meeting of the Council a public meeting bad been held on Monday evening, October 1, to consider the question al extending the Snowtownline, and fit which -a resolution was carried thata memorial to the House of Assembly be prepared, signatures obtained, and that the same be presented, by their member*, praying tbat the Government by resolu tion of the House, bring in a Bill for the extension of the line in question. Other resolutions were passed in favor of bring ing the Beetaloo water mains into the three towns, provided the Hydranlic department carries the reticulation scheme through the towns, so as to enable every ratepayer to participate in the advantage of a permanent water supply. Mr Bews" would present these resolutions to the Commissioner of Public Works. T...

MUNICIPAL MATTERS. { TO THE BDITOB, SIB,-Oar municipal year is fast draw ing to a close, and the time is hastening when weshall be called upon to select our representatives for local Government; Of cawwe we are all aware the Mayor's seat is the most important and it behoves; us as citizens to endeavour to select the best gentleman in our midst to occupy that; honorable position. Now Sir, ire have several in our town who have al ready done good service to us, and it is nothing bnts right that we should try and -induceone of them to come forward again and offer, himself for the position of our Chief. Of course I have no wish to de tract from any of the good qualities of our present Atayor^ but X consider he deserves a wetyearned teaBpn of retirement* I most respectfully submit to my fellow townsmen the desirability of atonce taking steps to' 'secure a gentleman for the Mayoral jQh«Urfar tbe coming year. Wo have: still" left with us several gentlemen yfho ] atre.tharqugbly capable of s...

ADELAIDE AND. LONDON TELEGHAPH. ; [BY SUBMABINE CABLBJ SPECIAL TELE Gil AM S. (From onr own correspondent.) ALTERING OF DAY OP MAIL BOATS LEAVING. London, Oct. 8. The Secretary of State for the Colonies lias assured Sir Graham Berry, Agent General for Victoria, that he is unable to assist the Colonies in the matter of alter ing the present time-table for Mail Steamers under the new contract.

&amp;ocAt coufirs. Moonta, Friday, Oct. 5, 1888. (Before T. J. S. O'iJalloran, S.M., and MeBara Symtong and Frisk, J.J.P.'s) FULL JtTBlSDICTION. KtJNST V WABMINGTOS-U-J-S.-Claim for £4 Os 3^, Mr Page TOr plaintiff. Defendant not appearing, was ordered to jail for 7 days. Whitfobd V. WELLS-U.J.S.-Glairo for £t Is Id. ". '., Neither party appearing the ease was etrack oat, UrpisDEtL v. FISCHEB-U.J.S.-Claim £24 8a Od. Eadolph Fischer, auctioneer -The reaaoQ the debt baa not been paid is that TI have not been in a position to pay. At the time the debt was contracted I had prospeets of paying. My wife promised she would see the acpQqn^ paid. When tbe debt Was contracted ! promised to pay when the work was done. Am not doi?g much fit present. Am doing busi ness for myself. The. farm on which I lire belongs to my wife. Spend a great deal of my time on tbe farm. Had no earnings at the time the debt was con* I tracted. My earnings at the present ; time would average £3 per month. My I co...

HXSTN.ES DISTRICT COUNCIL. TENDERS. TENDERS are invited by the abere .Council up till 12 o'clock on MONDAY, j OCTOBER 15, for the following works : IfnfKBS WAED-. _ | CONTRACT No. 27-Forming and rabbling about 9 chains of sand bill between Section 42, Hundred Ninnee, and Sec tion 114, Hundred Kulpara. CONTRACT No, 28-Grubbing about 60 chains of road 10 feet wide, from EaBt corner of Section^ to Weet corner of, same section. Cokteact No. 29-Grubbing and clearing about 70 chains of road 22 feet wide, from North-West corner of Section 133 to West corner of Section 136. Wiltunga WAED CONTRACT No. 8-Grubbing and clearing road 22 feet wide, from North-Eaet corner of Section 65 to South-EaBt corner of Section 6. CONTRACT NO. 9 - Cutting, forming, and rubbling 4 Band hiiis between Sections 155, 156.168, and 169, length about 18 chains. Large sand hill must be cot down 4 feet from crown, excavated earth to be placed at the western slope and rubbled, the others to be cat 1 to 2 feet where req...

BBOKEN HILL. September 22, 1888. 1 Those who have not seen this wonder-! ful place can form vbut very imperfect, ideas of its wonderful mines, which form j the centre of all attraction. They \ have attracted many thousands of people i from all the colonies in the pursuit of wealth. Snch a hetrogenioua community j you would have to go a great distance to find. Here extremes meet-the antipodes shake hands, and contrasts blend, in a manner that 1 have not observed in any other place that I have been in. We look at the .immense- hflL of silver beiris boiled down in those splendid furnace which night and day illuminate the town when vomiting out on the hill sides their burning lava-like dross and slag, Nearly 100,000 ozs. of silver per week, and some day that output may be doubled. We meet a poor beggar In the street that we have met before, wbo is glad of a loaf of bread and some cheese. He tells ns that he has had nothing for 24 hours, and we find more like bim. I won't tell you the ca...

PORT BROUGHTON. September 24,1888. j The general cry here is rain. We hare had a lot of thunder and lightning, hnt very little rain. On Saturday night and Sunday morning we bad about half an inch which, with cold weather, will greatly benefit the crops, but there are some in this district past recovery, and others are looking well. On Saturday the 15th a cricket match was played oh the Port Brought on oyal, between Port Broughton Echo Glob and Wandearah, whichTesulted. in an easy, win for the latter club. "Ai return match, is to be played on the 26th inst., when we expect the Echo to-reverse matters. ijast week the steamer. Cadell brought a lot of old lumber consisting.of old iron and timber from Fort fiermein. When we inquired for what purpose it was to be used, to our disgust we weje told, lor police cells. Wedori't know-where they are to be erected, but we . hope it will be somewhere out of sight, as they will not add to the beautifying of the town. I should suggest (hat they be ...

SHaimta X 3#allarit(i KADINA, WEDNESDAY. OOTOBBE 20, 1888. A SCHOOL OF MINES FOB THE PENINSULA. AT the last meeting of the Wallaroo Board of Advice, acting upon a letter received from Mr Holloway, the Board resolved upon a coarse of action which is likely to result in placing the claims of this district for such an institution before the Government. It is proposed to consult with the other local Boards with a view to formulating .proposals, and if possible to secure the sympathy and support of the Institute committees of the three towns. , If this is done there is no reason why a beginning should not be made in a .small way almost imme diately. There is no doubt that the committees of the Institutes would readily grant the use of a class room free of cost, and- we have many gentleman in the district eminently qualified to give lectures on mining and smelting. And from' what we know of them they would readily assist in a work' which, if carried out successfully would eventually resul...

LANGr AND ANOTHEB (EX ECUTORS OF COTTLE) v. HALL. Ir is with much regret that, from a sence of public duty, we feel it neces sary to protest against | the decision given by the Local Court of Kadina' on Monday last. The plaintiffs sued' the defendant for £61 5s 9d, balance due upon a promissory note of de fendant's for £100. dated March 17, 1885, with interest at 5 per cent. The note was not disputed, and the j substantial defence pleaded was, that the amount due had been reduced by payment to £15, which was acknow ledged to be due, and paid into Court, and the xeal and only issue the Court j had to try was as to the alleged re payments, and yet, although the i plaintiffs established their right to sue by putting in probate of the Will, and by putting in and proving the pro mis'sory note upon which the action was founded, the Court, without Galling upon the defendant to prove his alleged repayments (which, if he! had done,would have left the plaintiffs entitled to, at least, a verdi...